Re: tcl and editor

rau@pa.dec.com
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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 15:22 PST
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Subject: Re: tcl and editor 
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the two versions of SWAT you see on the SDK are the debugger and the target
stub.  Since SWAT is a remote debugger it requires the target machine to have
a stub running that the debugger can talk to.  Basically the debugger sends
"commands" to the stub to do something on its behalf (like look a memory 
location, etc).  

SWAT runs under a Phar-Lap DOS Extender (386 I believe?).  It does not run
under GEOS.

About running TCL on the Zoomer....Have you thought about the resource 
requirements of you project?  The space requirements of an editor, a tcl
interpreter, a fourth interpreter, and the ascii scripts people write, will
most likely not fit on a standard Zoomer (i.e. you'll need a mem-card).  Also,
I'd hate to imagine the performance of a tcl interpreter!  And then I ask is
there really a need for one?

I'm not saying don't do it.  I'm just raising some points for consideration.

...........larry